279 - TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY. 8 volumes.
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TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY. 8 volumes. - [Metallurgy] - [Catalogue]. Album of Special Steels. Formerly César Dufournel & Fils. A. Descours, successor. Lyon, 1892, large quarto album, 2 leaves – 136 (out of 151) plates. Black percaline, reinforced spine (utility binding). - 15 plates are missing: 14, 15, 17, 18, 43 to 51, 142 and 145. 136 double plates (numbered 151) mounted on tabs in the centre. - [Construction] – City of Dijon. Trade Association of Building Contractors and Master Builders. Series of prices applicable to works of all kinds relating to building construction. Dijon, Carré, 1889, folio-sized album, split pagination. Publisher’s cardboard binding, cover decorated with a Rococo design. - Fragile cardboard binding, foxing on the title page. - [Beverages] - Diary for the Brewing & Syrup Rooms 1952. London, Abrac, 1952, large 8vo, 111 pp. Publisher’s green cloth. – Fresh copy, a few annotations, one interleaved leaf torn in half. – WILSON (Mitchell). American Science and Invention. A Pictorial History. The fabulous story of how American dreamers, wizards and inspired tinkerers transformed the wilderness into a wonder of the world... New York, Simon and Schuster, 1954, in-4, IX pp. – 1 folio – 437 pages – abundant black-and-white illustrations. Publisher’s binding, green cloth spine. – Volume in good condition. - [Industry] – The Engineer’s Model Catalogue. Second edition. 1926–1928. Published by the publishers of the Architect’s Model Catalogue. Paris, Société de Publication de Catalogues Modèles, 1926, quarto, 13 separately paginated sections. Publisher’s red percaline, gilt decoration on the cover, tabbed edges. – A fresh copy. A comprehensive catalogue of equipment, supplies, tools, instruments, apparatus… - Rubber and Gutta-Percha. The General Review of Rubber, The Rubber Monitor, Plastics, and the International Review of Rubber, all combined. Paris, 1937, in-4, 376 pages, no illustrations. Contemporary green half-basane binding, ribbed spine. - Minor scuffs to the binding, otherwise in good condition. From issue no. 395, 15 January 1937 to issue no. 406, 15 December 1937. - [Mechanical tools] - [Catalogue]. H. Hommel, G.m.b.h., Mainz. Technical Tool Shop. Tool and Machine Manufacturing... Tool List, Section 2. Mannheim, 1914, in-4 album, paginated 127 to 451. – illustrations. Paperback. - A few annotations. - STETEFELD (Richard). Ice- and Refrigeration Machines: Their Construction and Practical Application. A Compendium of the Entire Refrigeration Industry... Stuttgart, Max Waag, 1901, in-8, XI-488pp.2ff. Contemporary half-chagrin binding in tan, smooth spine, cover preserved. - Paper slightly yellowed, hinges slightly rubbed. Stamp of the ‘Petit Journal du Brasseur’. Numerous illustrations within and outside the text, fold-out plates in black and colour.

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279 - TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY. 8 volumes. See original version (French)

279 - TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY. 8 volumes.
See original version (French)